Fish-flake.



P. MARTIN.

FISH FLAKE.

APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1912.

1,121,853. Patented Dec.22, 1914.

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7H5 NORRIS PETERS co.. PHOTO'LITHD" WASHINGTON. D. C.

'WTTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK I/IARTIN, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO VTRIGHT WIRECOM- PANY, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

FISH-FLAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application filed October 4, 1912. Serial No. 723,844.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVorcester, in the county of lVorcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFish-Flakes, of which the following, together with the accompanyingdrawing, is a specification.

My invention relates to fish flakes for supporting fish or the likewhile it is being dried or otherwise treated.

An object of the invention is to provide a flake with peculiarlyreinforced edges so that the flake will outwear any as previouslyconstructed and be adapted to continue in service for a long period oftime.

Further objects and advantages will appear from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 shows a flake constructed in accordance with my invention,portions of the reinforcements along the edges thereof bein g broken.away to show details of construction, and Fig. 2 is a cross sectionalview of one of the reinforced edges of the flake.

Similar reference characters indicate like parts in both figures.

The main or body portion 1 of the flake consists of a substantially flatand preferably rectangular piece of wire screen through which heatedair, smoke and the like may readily pass. Unless this screen is stronglyreinforced, it is sure to be badly bent and damaged while in use and toovercome this difficulty I provide each edge of the screen with suitablereinforcement.

The reinforcement for each edge of the flake includes a binding strip 2of galvanized iron, or other suitable material, bent around the edge ofthe screen 1 so as to extend over both faces of the screen a shortdistance. A very efficient additional reinforcement is also provided inthe shape of a stout metallic rod 3 laid along the edge of the screen 1and within the binding strip 2. The parts of the flake are securedtogether by rivets 4: passed through the binding strips 2 and thescreen 1. The binding strips overlap at the corners so that each rivetpasses through two binding strips, the whole being thus securelyfastened together. The rods 3 are short enough so as not to extend closeto the rivets 4c and cause undue thick ness or bunching at the cornersof the flake where the binding strips 2 overlap. The edges of the flakeare further strengthened and the parts more firmly secured together byforming a corrugation longitudinally of each binding strip so that thebinding strips will grip firmly the edges of the screen and will be alsogreatly stiffened.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A fish flake, comprising a sheet of foraminous material, a bindingstrip for each edge of said sheet, each strip being folded upon itselfto inclose the said edge, and extending into overlapping relation at itsends with the ends of the binding strips of adjacent edges, and astiffening member disposed within the fold of each binding strip,longitudinally of the inclosed edge, and terminating short of theoverlapping end portions of said strip.

2. A fish 'flake, comprising a sheet of foraminous material, a bindingstrip for each edge of said sheet, each strip being folded upon itselfto inclose the said edge, and crimped longitudinally inwardly of saidfold, with the ends of each strip disposed in overlapping relation tothe ends of strips of adjacent edges, a stiffening member disposedwithin the fold of each strip and outside the crimp thereof, each ofsaid members lying wholly within and between the overlapping endportions of its strip, and means, beyond the ends of said members, forsecuring the overlapping portions of said binding strips together.

Dated this second day of October 1912.

FRANK MARTIN.

lVitnesses:

NnLLIr. l/VHALEN, Burns B. FOWLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

